Crystal Dvorak has been fixing, creating, restoring, and upcycling furniture for more than 20 years. The owner ofUrban Patina in Shakopee, MN, she's seen every problem a piece of furniture can have.

Question: One of the wood chairs in my dining room set has a bad split in one of the horizontal rungs that goes from one front leg to the corresponding back leg on that side of the chair. How can I ...